Voiceless labiodental plosive

(Redirected from )

The voiceless labiodental plosive or stop is a consonant sound produced like a [p], but with the lower lip contacting the upper teeth, as in [f]. This can be represented in the IPA as ⟨⟩. A separate symbol not recognized by the IPA that was occasionally seen, especially in Bantu linguistics, is the qp ligature ⟨ȹ⟩.[1]

Voiceless labiodental plosive
ȹ
IPA Number101 408
Encoding
Entity (decimal)p​̪
Unicode (hex)U+0070 U+032A
X-SAMPAp_d
Braille⠏ (braille pattern dots-1234)⠠ (braille pattern dots-6)⠹ (braille pattern dots-1456)

The voiceless labiodental plosive is possibly not phonemic in any language, though see the entry on Shubi. However, it does occur allophonically. The XiNkuna dialect of Tsonga has affricates, [p̪͡f] and [b̪͡v]. German /p͡f/ ranges between [p̪͡f], [p͡f], and [p͡ɸ].

Features

edit

 

Features of the voiceless labiodental stop:

Varieties

edit
IPA Description
plain p̪
p̪ʰ aspirated
p̪ʲ palatalized
p̪ʷ labialized
p̪̚ p̪ with no audible release
p̪̌ voiced
p̪ʼ ejective

Occurrence

edit
Language Word IPA Meaning Notes
Greek σάπφειρος [ˈsap̪firo̞s̠] 'sapphire' See Modern Greek phonology
English up-front [ʌp̪ˈfɹʌnt] 'up-front' Common allophone of /p/ before the labiodentals /f/ and /v/ (although it is also possible for the labiodentals to shift to bilabial /ɸ/ and /β/, respectively, instead).
Slovene snop vidim [ˈs̪nɔ̂p̪ ˈʋíːd̪ìm] '(I) see a sheaf' Allophone of /p/ before /f, ʋ/. See Slovene phonology.

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ Peter, Ladefoged; Ian, Maddieson. The sounds of the world's languages. Blackwell Publishers. p. 17. ISBN 9780631198147.
edit